❢A is for Abbreviations❢ A-to-Z Challenge April 2016

A is for Abbreviations!

Book World Abbreviations – That is!

Do you ever come across an abbreviation in a review that completely confuses you? You sit and wonder, trying to figure out what in the world the person is talking about? Well, have no fear, A-to-Z Challenge is here! I decided for the letter A I would give definitions for each abbreviation that you might see. Enjoy!

ARC – Advanced Reading Copy

ASIN – Amazon Standard Identification Number

B&N – Barns & Noble

b&w – Black & White

BAM – Books-A-Million

BB – Book Boyfriend

BOMC – Book of the Month Club

BR – Buddy Read

DNF – Did Not Finish

eARC – An electronic copy of a book

ed – Edition

F – Female

F/F – Female/Female

GR – Goodreads

H – Hero

h – Heroine (Yes, the size matters. :P)

HEA – Happily Ever After

ISBN – International Standard Book Number

lp – Large Print

ltd – Limited (Usually referring to Limited Editions)

M – Male

M/M – Male/Male

NA – New Adult (Typically this is college age)

op – Out of Print

PB – Paperback

POV – Point-of-View

pub – Publisher or Published

ser – Series

UCB – Ugly Cry Book (A book that makes you cry uncontrollably)

vol – Volume

WIP – Work In Progress

YA – Young Adult (Under 18 reading)

Special thanks goes out to Author Lexi Bissen for helping me compile this list! We couldn’t think of anything more to add to it, so if you have any you want to toss out there, add them in the comments below! Also, check out Lexi’s page on Facebook! She has a new book coming out soon!!

It’s bad when you have to have an abbreviation for it, right? So bad that it’s funny. 😉 Really though, I read A Thousand Boy Kisses by Tillie Cole recently. I ugly cried from about 5% in, until the end of it. It’s definitely and UCB however, it is also an absolutely amazing book too.